Packaging device



Oct. 6, 1931. F. WATSON PACKAGING DEVIC Filed June 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 6, 1931. F. WATSON PACKAGING DEVICE Filed June'24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 tion 2 which may be mounted upon a tableor support, The purpose ofthe projection is I to prevent endwise movement of the device when thelatter is in use. "To; facilitatethe entranceof the packaging device into the box, the ends 3 of 'thetopportions are bent downwardly slightly' toward the bottom of Q the device,*and,th-e end'portion-A of theibot I tom is bent slightly upward toward the ends 3, and the edges of these end portions ofthe topand bottom are beveled, as 's'hownat '3 and 4 respectively. The two flaps or leaves :vcomprising the top po rtion may be swung v outwardly to permit the} garments which are tobe packed to be laid upon the bottom 4, and the atopfflaps are' then folded over, the garme and it i #9 biioted hafiwl -field d one-fla overlaps} the other, In thedrawings,

i Fielye ie clothes h ng r c, ither-f m hbwi .i Eigi r n edz'wit nithe r c aei "devi z e d "garments 5 9 a a s 0t I t esare flip n 1 t e, hange ly ng:- up

the bottom' jofthe or packaging deviceand the on-"fl p extendsthe garm n e a hanger has a hingedjflapo which projects beyond the" bottom-, oftth-e i packaging device. I

Wi ma ui o zolo heslisrfol ed ii j' he usual mann f d d 11119 1.- t o'bb to nof h .p c aging device, the greatest thickness of the suit] is about atthe central portion of the device and ordinarily some pressure mustbe applied to the flaps a andfa? to holdithem'parallel with the bottom of thepack aging device.

* .Ihis would -cause some diiiiculty 1 ininserting the device into theopeii. end of the box if the 'flapswere flat andtheijr adjacent edges'awere parallel and 'overlapp'ed throughout" their lengths; To facilitate the entrance of the device intothe;'box;1l,the-ends 3 and {Of the 'tQpL and bottom are bentslightly toward one I a another as before explained-and,thefiadj aoent edgesofthe flaps are cut v away,rjas--shown at 3? andfi, so that the flaps only'overlap along theincentral portions,.wherethe thickness of:

' no JlheLbox: shown the drawings is'ialffiat folding box having flapsaat eachend. 7 In or- 50" the; snit ttends we hold the central: parts of the fiapsiabove the'heightofthe sidewalls of the device; 7 Y

der to insert 'a' suit of cl'othes within the box;

the suit is arranged in the packaging device as shown in- 13ig,-1'-,fandf the ifbox b is then "moved en'dwise so as togenclose'the portions of said device which. hold the'suit; as shown in i Fig. 3." Whenjin this'i'position the operator takes holdiof. the tongue 'd-"offtherclothes hanger and pulls the box and; the clothes hanger? with1the suitf away from the package ingdevice. :llhefsuit. isfthen within'the 'ibox.

The tongue or tab don the; clothes hanger is 2 then bent over and foldedbetween the flaps atone endoffthe-box, as shown in Fig. 4, and when-the boxzis=closedliat both "ends 'itm ay be set on 5 one end with the suit suspend ed fr'om the= 'hanger. 1 These suits, it will'abeunder- :saidends, a

5. A packaging device for mes es stood, are I usually enclosed. intissue paper. By the use of mypackaging device, the cover 7 preventsjthe' tissue paper or the suit from coming into frictional contact withthe side V In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification of the packaging device in which: the covers a and a are-less than halfthewidth ofthe box and "therefore do not overlap; "This packaging device e'is suitable for filling boxes with -arti'cles vvhich are fput up in separate pack gages, I [The flaps .will hold the packages in "placeupon the bottom ofthedevice and prevent them from rubbing against the sidesof the box, and the separation of'the flaps prohand oftheoperator. lWhenthebox or convides a' passageway'between them for the V taineris pushed over. the packaging; device loaded ewith; such articles-a" rod 5,1ada'pted to pass beneath the cover flaps, is moved along the bottom of the lpackaging device 7 by the opejratoras thelatter withdraws the boxirom said device.-

space between thecover flaps affords a passagewaybetween them which permits the 'operator vs; handto extend between the flaps as he moves thejbar 5 along with the box to scrape the articles from the packaging device into the box.

The packaging. devicemay, if desired, be

made with its side walls hinged to the" base and the; cover flaps integral with the side wa1ls, 1but- I prefer the construction shown in the sidewalls, I

the drawings whe ein the flaps, are hing dg o "W t-Idaimis;

ing towardtheirends} 2. A "packaging device flaps diverging toward 1 their. forward ends a b i g pa edf,ap'ar edi txsa d e d icomprising a bottom, side ;walls, g andijc'o ver flaps adapted to over lap another atithe'ir central portions, the adjacent edges oft-he flaps diverging, tQWarVcl their; forward and rear ends and being spajoedapart adjacent c i, A Ip'ackagi {device fiorililliiigfbhxes comprising afbottomtside walls and cover 'central portions, the adj aentedges-o'fEthe 10 i flapsg the forward endportionsof the bottom V and flaps extending beyond-tithe sidewalls, said end .portions of the'fiaps-converging to; Ward the bottom'. J lling= boxes comprisinga' bottom, side walls and cover flaps, -the forward end, portions of the bot- --tom andl-flaps extending beyond the side walls, said end portions of the flaps and bottom being beveled, on their outer edges. I f 6. A" ackaging device for filling boxes com'prisin'g a bottom, side walls and cover flaps adapted to overlap one another at their central portions, the forward endportions of the bottom and. flaps extending beyond the side walls, said-end portions of the flaps and bottom being beveled on their outer edges ml andthe end-portions of the flaps converging vtowardithe bottomfi 7. A packaging device vfor filling boxes comprising a bottom, side" walls and cover ;;fiaps' adapted to overla one another at their J central portions, the orward end portions of the bottom and flaps extending beyond the *side Walls-, said endportions of the flaps and bottom being beveled on their outer edges and the adjacent edges of the flaps diverging toward their forward ends.

, 8. A packaging devicefor filling boxes 7 comprising a 'bottom, side-Walls and cover flaps, the forward end portions of. the bottom and. flaps extendingibeyond the side- .-,;wa11s, said .endportion of the bottom converging toward the cover flaps.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

FRANK WATSON. 

